Bears

In this first episode, Marina and Fin discuss the choices available to you in the event of a bear attack – and the outcomes of two real-life attacks.

• Sources

  • https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2016/10/6/13170344/bear-attacks-national-state-parks 

  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deadly-grizzly-bear-attacks-changed-national-park-service-forever-180964462/

  • https://www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/bears.htm 

  • https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021/02/09/group-accidentally-encountered-a-brown-bear-den-before-one-of-them-was-mauled-near-haines/ 

  • https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/do-bears-really-hibernate 

  • https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/MAP-Fatal-Bear-Attacks-in-North-America-432734333.html 

  • https://www.nps.gov/articles/bearsafetyfood.htm 

  • https://www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/bears.htm 

  • https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=livingwithbears.bearcountry

  • https://www.nps.gov/subjects/bears/safety.htm#onthisPage-3 

  • https://www.backpacker.com/news-and-events/news/colorado-may-have-just-had-its-first-fatal-bear-attack-in-more-than-a-decade/ 

  • https://www.adn.com/outdoors/article/alaska-bear-attack-nols-kids-did-phenomenal-job/2011/07/27/ 

  • https://www.adn.com/outdoors/article/alaska-bear-attack-did-nols-students-stumble-grizzly-food-cache/2011/08/01/ 

  • https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/grizzly-bear-attack-survivor-describes-alaskan-ordeal/story?id=14152757 

  • https://www.rd.com/article/bear-attack-the-story-of-seven-boys-and-one-grizzly/ 

  • https://www.adn.com/outdoors/article/new-report-details-2011-alaska-grizzly-bear-attack-outdoors-school-students/2012/03/26/ 

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxBn-A-CiGU&ab_channel=TEDxTalks 

  • https://www.ktoo.org/2021/08/31/sitka-bear-attack-survivor-credits-partners-quick-shot-with-saving-his-life/